Refinery: Visual Exploration of Large, Heterogeneous Networks through Associative Browsing
| dc.contributor.author | Kairam, Sanjay | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Henry-Riche, Nathalie | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Drucker, Steven | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Fernandez, Roland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Heer, Jeffrey | en_US |
| dc.contributor.editor | H. Carr, K.-L. Ma, and G. Santucci | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-22T12:51:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-22T12:51:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Browsing is a fundamental aspect of exploratory information-seeking. Associative browsing represents a common and intuitive set of exploratory strategies in which users step iteratively from familiar to novel bits of information. In this paper, we examine associative browsing as a strategy for bottom-up exploration of large, heterogeneous networks. We present Refinery, an interactive visualization system informed by guidelines for associative browsing drawn from literature on exploratory information-seeking. These guidelines motivate Refinery's query model, which allows users to simply and expressively construct queries using heterogeneous sets of nodes. This system computes degree-of-interest scores for associated content using a fast, random-walk algorithm. Refinery visualizes query nodes within a subgraph of results, providing explanatory context, facilitating serendipitous discovery, and stimulating continued exploration. A study of 12 academic researchers using Refinery to browse publication data demonstrates how the system enables discovery of valuable new content, even within existing areas of expertise. | en_US |
| dc.description.number | 3 | en_US |
| dc.description.sectionheaders | Graphs | en_US |
| dc.description.seriesinformation | Computer Graphics Forum | en_US |
| dc.description.volume | 34 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/cgf.12642 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.pages | 301-310 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12642 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | en_US |
| dc.subject | H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation] | en_US |
| dc.subject | User Interfaces | en_US |
| dc.subject | H.3.3 [Information Storage and Retrieval] | en_US |
| dc.subject | Information Search and Retrieval | en_US |
| dc.title | Refinery: Visual Exploration of Large, Heterogeneous Networks through Associative Browsing | en_US |